EX-SERVICE ORGANISATIONS
The Royal Air Forces Association
This Association has 5 branches in France. Anyone who has served, or is serving in the RAF is eligible to become a member, and anyone who supports the aims of the Association but has not served in the RAF may join as an associate member. Full details of activities and welfare assistance available from:
Ile de France
Secretary - Graham Scott
41 rue Jean Moulin, 91790 Boissy sous Saint Yon
01 60 82 09 77
GrahScot@aol.com
President - Wg Cdr Graham August RAF (Rtd)
Mrs Marie Christine August
8 allée Desaix, 78110 Le Vesinet
01 39 18 89 49
SW France
Sqn Ldr B M Dennett Stannard RAF (Rtd)
Le Pérail, 17250 Beurlay
05 46 95 38 89
05 46 96 41 05 fax
Rafasof@wanadoo.fr
Lyon (Jubilee)
President Walter Davis
Chairman Sean Brady - Vice Chairman Pierre-Laurent Dupuis
Secretary Brian Rosen - Treasury Anthony Brittain
The Royal British Legion
The Paris Branch, founded in 1921, helps ex-Servicemen, women and their dependants in France. In addition to its relief work (financed by the Poppy Appeal), ceremonies are organised at the Arc de Triomphe on 4th August and in Notre-Dame on 11th November. Membership is open to ex-Service and serving personnel in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces and to all who abide by the aims of the Legion.
Paris
28 rue des Acacias, 75017 Paris
paris@rblfrance.org
www.rblfrance.org
Branch Chairman - Roger Thorn
01 34 80 13 33
roger.thorn@wanadoo.fr
Secretary - Mrs Janet Warby
01 39 28 90 28
roger.warby@wanadoo.fr
House Manager - David Bean
06 33 06 30 91
david.bean@wanadoo.fr
RBL branches in other parts of France:
Bordeaux
Hon. Secretary - Jack Douay MBE
05 56 08 01 13
Boulogne s/Mer
Hon. Secretary - J Munn
03 21 31 49 89
Cannes
Hon. Secretary - Mrs R A Johnson
04 92 98 01 61
Lyon
Hon. Secretary - H K Gordon
hkgordon37@aol.com
04 72 57 91 74
Nice-Monaco
Chairman - Cdr M R Healy MBE
mhealy@orange.fr
04 93 01 30 00
Normandy-Calvados
Vice-Chairman - Ms Goona Naidu
02 31 78 36 40
Somme
Hon. Secretary - J.C. Fulljames
(0044) 7005 800 725
Royal Naval Volunteer Association
Founded in Paris in 1950, the Association has some 60 members. Membership is open to all who have served in or with the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, WRNS and QARNNS and the French Navy. Associate membership is available to those who support the interests and aims of the Association in things naval and maritime. A luncheon is held each month as well as an annual dinner, at which members, guests and their wives are welcome. The Naval Attaché is the Honorary President.
Michael Hunt
7 rue du Centre, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 47 47 17 68
mjzhunt@gmail.com
Secretary - Gérard Paul
06 12 38 66 86
Royal Naval Association - France Nord Branch
The Royal Naval Association is the principal Naval Association recognised by the Navy Board, and is a Registered Charity. Membership is open to all serving and ex-service members of the Naval Forces including the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, WRNS, Reserves and all ranks and specialisations. In addition, anyone who is in sympathy with the objects of the Association may join as an Associate Member. Today the RN Association has a membership of 22,500 in over 400 branches. It was granted its Royal Charter in 1954 and the Patron of the Association is Her Majesty the Queen.
The France Nord Branch Committee meets bi-monthly, and organises monthly social events in central locations, mainly in Normandy and Brittany. Together with our French colleagues, it also participates in a number of commemorative events such as the Commando raid on Saint-Nazaire, the D-Day landings, the sinking of the troopship Lancastria off Saint-Nazaire and Armistice Day, when wreaths are laid and standards paraded.
Chairman Mark Whelan OBE
02 33 07 85 15
mf@whelanm.fsnet.co.uk
Vice-Chairman David Glossop
02 97 38 59 78
mafrancenord@hotmail.com
Secretary Liz Yeowell
02 33 57 13 97
raymond.yeowell@neuf.fr
www.royal-naval-association.co.uk